Sources: BBC
A Nigerian court sentences Biafran separatist Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment on seven terrorism charges over his leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra militant group. 2025-11-20
Seven people are killed and 31 injured after a truck crashed in Gombe State, Nigeria. 2025-01-2
Maryland reports their first case of monkeypox in a resident who traveled from Nigeria. 2021-11-16
In Kebbi State, Nigeria, 45 people are found dead following the sinking of a boat yesterday. More than 100 others are still missing. 2021-05-27
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe. 2015-03-28
The Nigerian-based militant group seizes control of the northeastern town of Chibok, Borno State. 2014-11-13
Suspected Boko Haram members attack a church in northern Nigeria during Christmas Eve services. 2010-12-24
As many as 40 people are killed due to a fiery collision between a lorry load of sugar and a police checkpoint in Nigeria. 2010-08-16
Nigeria's acting president Goodluck Jonathan dissolves the country's cabinet. 2010-03-17
The Nigerian Army regains control of the city of Jos after religious violence killed more than 200 people. 2010-01-20